Robert William NUNN

1906 - 1942  (36 years)

• Name	Robert William NUNN
  Birth	15 Feb 1906	Bushy Park, Tasmania, Australia
  	Service record
  Gender	Male
  _MILT	1939-1942
  	Royal Australian Navy
  	Australia, World War II Military Service Records, 1939-1945 Name: Robert William Nunn Birth Date: 15 Feb 1906 Birth Place: Beechy Park Tasmania Enlistment Place: Sydney Service Number: 18229 Spouse: Rita Series Description: A6770: RAN, Petty Officers and Men
  Death	1 Mar 1942	Killed in action aboard MHAS Perth in Battle of Sunda Strait
  	Service record. More details of battle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sunda_Strait
  Notes	Service record shows he first joined the Australian Navy in 1929 as a stoker. He served on several ships and was leading stoker at the time of his death on HMAS Perth in the battle of Sunda Strait. Several website have details of the battle; here are a couple: http://www.microworks.net/pacific/battles/sunda_strait.htm https://www.awm.gov.au/talks-speeches/1942-hmas-perth/
  Person ID	I1978	Warren Nunn's family tree
  Last Modified	13 Feb 2019

  
  

  Father	Robert John NUNN,   b. 16 Aug 1881, New Norfolk, Tasmania, Australia d. 21 Sep 1948, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Phoebe Emma DONALDSON,   b. 16 Mar 1887, New Norfolk, Tasmania, Australia d. 8 Oct 1954, Launceston General Hospital, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	20 Jul 1905	Tasmania, Australia
  Family ID	F2345	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rita CUMMINGS,   b. 16 May 1912, 130 Westbury St, St Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia d. 13 Sep 1987, Victoria, Australia (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	26 Mar 1932	Baptist Manse, Gold St, Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  	No 3565 on March 26th 1932 at Baptist Manse, Gold Street, Collingwood, Robert William Nunn, bachelor, born McQuarie Plains Tasmania, seaman, aged 26, of 98 Kay St, Carlton, son of Robert John Nunn and Pheobe Emma Donaldson and Rita Cummings, spinster, born St Kilda, machinist, aged 19, of 98 Kay St, Carlton, daughter of Rebecca Cummings. Witnesses Mary Ann Miller, William Ingram.
  Family ID	F528	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2026